[ˈɛr.wũː], [ˈɛr.vum]
OriginProbably from a Mediterranean substrate borrowing, related to Ancient Greek ὄροβος (órobos), Proto-Germanic *arwīts.
- declension-2, neuterbitter vetch (Vicia ervilia), and by extension other types of vetches (Vicia gen. et spp.)
“Mense Ianuario paleas cum ervi macerati sextariis sex vel paleas cum cicerculae fresae semodio vel frondis corbem pabulatorium modiorum viginti vel paleas quantum velint et faeni pondo viginti vel adf” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Formservī(genitive) · ervum(nominative, singular) · erva(nominative, plural) · ervī(genitive, singular) · ervōrum(genitive, plural) · ervō(dative, singular) · ervīs(dative, plural) · ervum(accusative, singular) · erva(accusative, plural) · ervō(ablative, singular) · ervīs(ablative, plural) · ervum(singular, vocative) · erva(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary